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Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Linked Discourses

Vol 1:
Verses
SN1-11
Vol 2:
Causation
SN12-21
Vol 3:
Aggregates
SN22-34
Vol 4:
Sense Bases
SN35-44
Vol 5:
Great Book
SN45-56

8. Vaṅgīsasaṁyutta: With Vaṅgīsa

I. With Vaṅgīsa — SN8.12: With Vaṅgīsa

1At one time Venerable Vaṅgīsa was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.

Now at that time Vaṅgīsa had recently attained perfection. While experiencing the bliss of freedom, on that occasion he recited these verses:

2“We used to wander, drunk on poetry,
village to village, town to town.
Then we saw the Buddha,
and faith arose in us.

3He taught me Dhamma:
the aggregates, sense fields, and elements.
When I heard his teaching
I went forth to homelessness.

4It was truly for the benefit of many
that the sage achieved awakening —
for the monks and for the nuns
who see that they’ve reached certainty.

5It was so welcome for me
to be in the presence of the Buddha.
I’ve attained the three knowledges,
and fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.

6I know my past lives,
my clairvoyance is purified,
I am master of three knowledges, attained in psychic power,
cxpert in comprehending the minds of others.”


1Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā vaṅgīso sāvatthiyaṁ vihārati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.

Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā vaṅgīso aciraarahattappatto hutvā vimuttisukhaṁ paṭisaṁvedī tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imā gāthāyo abhāsi: 

2"Kāveyyamattā vicarimha pubbe,
Gāmā gāmaṁ purā puraṁ;
Athaddasāma sambuddhaṁ,
Saddhā no upapajjatha.

3So me dhammamadesesi,
khandhāyatanadhātuyo;
Tassāhaṁ dhammaṁ sutvāna,
pabbajiṁ anagāriyaṁ.

4Bahunnaṁ vata atthāya,
bodhiṁ ajjhagamā muni;
Bhikkhūnaṁ bhikkhunīnañca,
ye niyāmagataddasā.

5Svāgataṁ vata me āsi,
mama buddhassa santike;
Tisso vijjā anuppattā,
kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ.

6Pubbenivāsaṁ jānāmi,
Dibbacakkhuṁ visodhitaṁ;
Tevijjo iddhipattomhi,
Cetopariyāyakovido"ti.


7Nikkhantaṁ arati ceva,
pesalā atimaññanā;
Ānandena subhāsitā,
sāriputtapavāraṇā;
Parosahassaṁ koṇḍañño,
moggallānena gaggarā;
Vaṅgīsena dvādasāti.

Vaṅgīsasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.